Are you new to machine quilting? You may have made tied quilts for a while and now want to explore machine quilting. I’ve seen a lot of advice given for how to machine quilt but I think mos…
Are you new to machine quilting? You may have made tied quilts for a while and now want to explore machine quilting. I’ve seen a lot of advice given for how to machine quilt but I think mos…
Free machine binding quilt tutorial by quiltylove. This tutorial will teach you how to machine bind a quilt. Beginner friendly quilt binding tutorial.
Create impressive geometric quilting patterns with these straight line quilting designs and foolproof walking foot quilting designs.
Learn how to quilt Open Weave on a stationary home sewing machine and on a longarm on a frame. Follow along with Leah Day as she quilts this design both in a small square and in a real quilt!
Want to give your quilting some added texture and depth? Try machine quilting with 12 wt. thread! It's not difficult, but there are 5 secrets you must know.
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Big Stitch Quilting by Charlotte Noll I have been machine quilting for many years. My first quilts were hand quilted. When I had children, it was too time consuming so I purchased a sewing machine with free motion capabilities and never looked back. As a member of the South Florida Modern Quilt Guild I have learned s
Learn how to quilt Mash Up Flower on a home sewing machine and a longarm and find a link to this design digitized for computerized quilting systems!
There are many ways to do quilt-as-you-go or QAYG. I use this technique to quilt each block individually and then attach them using sashing. This technique uses exclusively machine sewing. How to Q…
Straight line quilting is fast and fantastic. Come to Bonjour Quilts for a ton of straight line quilting designs and tips you can use today.
Produce Perfectly Straight Seams and Strips of Consistent Widths! Have you ever had to piece strips together and been unable to produce finished strips of the exact same width? Sometimes, no matter how straight or accurate your seams, the strips themselves were cut a bit off, especially if you’re using pre-cuts. That makes it difficult …
Two new quilting designs in one week? Yes! I'm really wanting to dig into new machine quilting designs and get back to a regular schedule with posting new videos each week. So Free Motion Friday is ba
Straight-line quilting is my favorite way to do my own quilting! It's so easy and has quite the striking finish! It's perfect for giving your quilt vintage-look, crinkly texture, and a hint of modern. Let's jump right in! . The quilt shown above is Mountain Horizon. The pattern can be found here. Materials needed: a basted quilt sandwich; you can find my pin basting tutorial here sewing machine & walking foot; a walking foot is EXTREMELY important to ensure that your quilt sandwich is evenly fed through your machine. With something as thick as a quilt, your feed dogs can't do all of the work themselves! thread- either 40w or 50w will do. I typically use 50w Gutermann thread. seam ripper quilting needle- a 90/14 needle works best for quilting, but you can also use a universal needle. However, if you notice that your stitches are skipping with a universal needle, then you should change your needle to a 90/14. sewing needle (to bury your threads) scissors hera marker (optional) having a long table helps. I'll sometimes move my sewing machine to the kitchen table so that my quilt can have a place to go as it's going through my machine :) . The first thing to do is to come up with a plan. If my blocks are
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Learn this essential and easy machine-quilting skill with the tutorial from NewQuilters.com. #stitchingintheditchtutorials, #stitchingintheditchquilting, #quiltingtutorials
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Straight line quilting is fast and fantastic. Come to Bonjour Quilts for a ton of straight line quilting designs and tips you can use today.
As promised what follows is a step by step tutorial to show you the process of how I went about sewing my Pink Flamingo Hexagon Quilt by machine. This tutorial represents just one way of how to machin
Free Motion Quilting for beginners. Tips to solve free motion quilting problems:uneven tension or stitches, backing fabric fold plus notions that will help.
Welcome to this week's installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters - Quilting with your Walking Foot. For the complete line up of weekly tips, please see this page. Quilting with your Walking Foot: You have completed your latest quilt top! Yes! What an accomplishment. Now what? Lots of quilters shy away from finishing their own quilts for various reasons. Maybe their sewing machine is pretty small and they are afraid to take on a large project with such a small machine? I started out quilting with my Lil' Janome. He only has 6.5" from needle to base. Not much room in there for a King size quilt? This Oh, My Scrappy Stars finished at 102" x 102". And we managed. The quilting of the entire background was performed using the walking foot. Oh, My Scrappy Stars And then some Free Motion Quilting was added later. For some Free Motion Quilting advice, please see this post. Oh, My Scrappy Stars Quilting with your Walking Foot can be a great way to finish a quilt. Free motion quilting is versatile and very popular, but I really prefer to use my walking foot. Lil' Janome is my free motion quilting machine. So I still use him for that when a quilt calls out for that method. But since January 2014, I have been using my walking foot more and more, and quilting on Aunt Elna. She's got 11" of space and has made my quilting life so much easier. I prefer a quick finish using an Edge to Edge design. Some edge to edge quilting examples to follow are: Organic Wavy Line, Decorative Stitches, and Spiral Quilting. Organic Wavy Line Quilting: Organic Wavy Line Quilting can be performed from edge to edge using your walking foot. The amount of space you leave between the lines will determine what the end result will look like and how dense your quilting will be. The looser the quilting, the less stiff the quilt, the more drape. Organic Wavy Line quilting with Lil' Janome Winter Wolves was my first attempt at Organic Wavy Line Quilting. This quilt was my also my first time quilting with fleece and I felt that quilting edge to edge would reduce the chances of shifting and puckering. But I was afraid to quilt from edge to edge. Fearing that the quilting would ruin the look of the piecing and make the framed squares look terrible. I first quilted leaving large spaces between the lines. Then returned to quilt more between those lines. And learned that this caused pulling and distortion between the lines. But I did like the look of those wavy lines! Organic Wavy Line quilting on Winter Wolves EDITED TO ADD: Check out this post where I share a video of my early wavy line quilting with your walking foot!!! Fox & Friends2 was another first for me - using a minky backing. On this quilt I kept the lines closer together. My only real concern were those applique eyes and noses. I did not want to quilt on top of them. So I quilted around them. I think the exaggerated curves only serve to enhance the raccoons' masks. Organic Wavy Line quilting on Fox & Friends2 Another example of Organic Wavy Line Quilting is Pretty in Plaid. Organic Wavy Line quilting on Pretty in Plaid This Christmas Placemat shows what I would refer to as Organic Wavy Line Matchstick Quilting. I wanted to use a denser quilting motif on this project. This dense quilting resulted in a much stiffer end product, perfect for use on table decor. The lines don't cross, but do come very close to touching. Organic Wavy Line Matchstick Quilting on Christmas Placemats Although I have not tried this method yet, Straight Line quilting can also be performed densely, known as Matchstick Quilting. This will leave your quilt extremely stiff. In my opinion, best suited to wall hangings and table decor. Quilting with Decorative Stitches: Other Options for an edge to edge design include using Decorative Stitches that may be found on your machine such as the Extended Zig-Zag or Serpentine stitches. Flowers in the Sun was my first time using the Extended Zig-Zag stitch found on my Lil' Janome. Again, I was afraid to quilt across the blocks. Worried that this would diminish the look of the piecing. Zig-zag on Flowers in the Sun Also referred to as Honeycomb Quilting, I first discovered this quilting method courtesy of Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts here. My only caution in using this method is that it can cause quite a bit of shifting. In spite of heavily pinning during the basting stage, my quilt top on Flowers in the Sun continued to shift to the right as I quilted each line. It was a close one, so I encourage you to be generous in the dimensions of your backing if using this stitch to finish your quilt. And baste heavily! Zig-zag on Flowers in the Sun But I was so happy with the results! And have used the Extended Zig-Zag stitch again and again. Fruity O's was quilted more densely. Zig-zag on Fruity O's Resulting in a slightly stiffer, flatter finished quilt. Zig-zag on Fruity O's This little Medallion Doll Quilt also got the Zig-Zag treatment! Zig-zag on Medallion Doll Quilt When I went shopping for an upgrade to my Lil' Janome, aside from wanting more space between needle and base, I also wanted a machine that could perform the Serpentine stitch. I'm a Little Bit Rock n' Roll was my first time using the Serpentine stitch when I got my new Elna Excellence 760, whom I playfully now refer to as Aunt Elna. Serpentine on Rock n' Roll mini These two little quilts made from my scraps of Sunnyside also got the Serpentine stitch for a fast finish. Serpentine stitch on Sunnyside Scraps Twin Doll Quilts My latest finish using the Serpentine stitch was this WoW-E! quilt. I really like how the curvy lines soften up the sharp angles of the blocks. I shared this finish on Friday during my final 2014 hosting post for TGIFF! Serpentine stitch on WoW-E! Straight Line Quilting: Straight Line Quilting with your walking foot. Sounds rather boring? It doesn't have to be! Boring? No. Straight Line quilting along the seam lines keeps it simple, allowing the focus to remain on the fabrics. This Custom Order Baby Quilt was Straight Line quilted along each seam line, both horizontally and vertically. Clean. Fresh. Classic. Custom Order Baby Quilt with Straight Line Quilting Still not convinced? Here are two examples of the same quilt pattern. Quilted using Straight Line Quilting. Ohio Stars in Holiday Hoot was quilted using plain white thread along the seam lines. Ohio Stars in Holiday Hoot with white Straight Line quilting This version, GO! Ohio Stars, was quilted using the exact same method, but using blue and green Magnifico threads by Superior Threads. GO! Ohio Stars with green and blue Straight Line quilting Dress things up a little more. When I was quilting my pieced fabric to make my Charlie Harper Quilted Jacket, I used a double line of quilting along the seams. This quilting was done using variegated Fantastico threads by Superior Threads. Quilting with Superior Threads's Fantastico variegated threads on Charlie Harper Quilted Jacket Straight Line quilting does not have to remain simply along the seam lines. Quilting can also be performed in a Grid or Cross Hatch pattern. Or in random lines across the quilt in random directions. SUPER TIP: The direction of straight line quilting in relation to the backing fabric can have an undesired effected on the results of your finished quilting. This is determined by the backing crossgrain layout. Straight Line quilting from edge to edge was used on my ILove2Sew and ILove2Quilt mini quilts. Both of these quilts were quilted in succession. First I finished the Sew version. Straight Line quilting on ILove2Sew Then I quilted the Quilt version. Straight Line quilting on ILove2Quilt And I could not believe my EYES! Why had one turned out crisp, clean and beautiful? And the other turned out wrinkled and crinkled? I have never seen or read about this kind of thing happening before! What was the difference? The direction of the crossgrain on the backing fabric. With the ILove2Sew mini, the quilting was along the crossgrain. The quilting on the ILove2Quilt mini was along the straight of grain. Hmmmm. Learn something new every day. Spiral Quilting: As I said before, I do prefer a quick finish using an edge to edge design. But since getting Aunt Elna, I have tried some other methods. Another method of quilting using your walking foot is Spiral Quilting. Spiral Quilting on WoW-E! in Northcott Colorworks Solids As with the WoW-E! quilt in Northcott Colorworks Solids, a single spiral makes quite a statement. The tricky part is to get the beginning of the spiral to look good. I traced a circle around the cornerstone using a pencil. Then quilted one stitch at a time until there was a quarter inch gap around the circle. From there the going gets easier as you continue the spiral out to the edges of the quilt. This Modern Flower Garden quilt has also been Spiral Quilted. Spiral Quilting on the Modern Flower Garden As a matter of fact.... It has two spirals that overlap. One spiral was quilted in pink Magnifico by Superior Threads and the other quilted in green. Spiral Quilting on the Modern Flower Garden In this example, Modern Charm was quilted using multiple Spirals and some echo quilting. Spiral and Echo Quilting on Modern Charm The multiple Spiral and Echo quilting was performed using pink, blue, purple and green Magnifico threads from Superior Threads. This can be best seen from the back of the quilt. Spiral and Echo Quilting on Modern Charm from the back Spiral Quilting is really just an elaborate form of echo quilting. But this method does not have to remain limited to circles. You can spiral quilt around any shape. Squares. Rectangles. Triangles. Stars. Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts used this method to quilt around an oblong shape in quilting her gorgeous Lipstick Quilt. I quilted Spirals around a triangle on this Equilateral Triangle Quilt Along quilt. And the echo lines do not have to remain equally spaced. In this sample the width between lines varies. Spiral quilting a triangle on the Equilateral Triangle Quilt Along quilt SUPER TIP: The Stitch Length can make all the difference in the appearance of your stitches and enhance the overall look of your quilting. I always set my stitch length to 3.2 or larger, with 3.4 being the largest stitch length I use. What is the best thing about an Edge to Edge design? You won't have to bury any thread tails! But when I do need to bury threads, I rely on my "Best Quilting Buddies" - Small scissors, Pointy tweezers, Seam Ripper and Big Eyed Needle. To see how I use them to bury my thread tails, please see this guest post . What are your thoughts on Quilting with your Walking Foot? Do you have any helpful tips or tricks to share? Any questions? Please leave a comment! Keep On Quilting On! To follow Sew Fresh Quilts by email.... Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner
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Straight-line quilting is my favorite way to do my own quilting! It's so easy and has quite the striking finish! It's perfect for giving your quilt vintage-look, crinkly texture, and a hint of modern. Let's jump right in! . The quilt shown above is Mountain Horizon. The pattern can be found here. Materials needed: a basted quilt sandwich; you can find my pin basting tutorial here sewing machine & walking foot; a walking foot is EXTREMELY important to ensure that your quilt sandwich is evenly fed through your machine. With something as thick as a quilt, your feed dogs can't do all of the work themselves! thread- either 40w or 50w will do. I typically use 50w Gutermann thread. seam ripper quilting needle- a 90/14 needle works best for quilting, but you can also use a universal needle. However, if you notice that your stitches are skipping with a universal needle, then you should change your needle to a 90/14. sewing needle (to bury your threads) scissors hera marker (optional) having a long table helps. I'll sometimes move my sewing machine to the kitchen table so that my quilt can have a place to go as it's going through my machine :) . The first thing to do is to come up with a plan. If my blocks are
Sometimes it is difficult to see through a very thick fabric such as felted wool or a quilt that has already been sandwiched with the battin...
Balance your sewing machine tension to create beautiful stitches and have a seam-ripper free quilting experience! Truly, this is a foundational, sanity-saving skill for free motion quilting, so take a few minutes with me to learn how to do it well! (This post contains affiliate links)
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(Revised block) Fabric Combination 2 This is all quilted free-hand.
I showed you a sneak peek of my Rainbow Strings quilt the other day and now here it is and the tutorial to show you how to join quilted blocks together for a QAYG quilt which is the abbreviation for a Quilt As You Go. Sometimes it is fun to free motion quilt small pieces and then join the blocks later. I made one block a month during 2012 while I took part in Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I am doing it again this year and making all kinds of colorful blocks.
Sewing machine walking foot guide - get the most from your walking foot!
This post explains how to do orange peel (also called cathedral window) quilting using your walking foot. I used this quilting on my ...
Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission from the sale if you click through and purchase. I have become totally hooked on sending my quilts out to be longarmed. However, sometimes the time just doesn't allow for that. Sometimes you have to get that quilt done and gift wrapped right? Today I am sharing my top five quilting designs I go to in a pinch. 1: 1
